Thursday, March 30, 2023

Kolkata

NSCN (I-M), NNPGs to meet in Kolkata

NSCN (I-M) and Working Committee of the NNPGs are likely to hold another joint meeting, as a sequel to the joint declaration of ‘September Joint Accordant’ signed on September 14, 2022.Though the meeting date and venue was not known,...

Pradyot Debbarma claims tribal outfits coerced to ally with national parties

The Tipra Motha, a new regional outfit in Tripura, alleged that pressure from national parties “from New Delhi and Kolkata” had forced several local outfits in the northeastern state to ally with those parties while contesting elections earlier.Tipra Motha...

Nagaland Sepaktakraw team to takepart in senior national championship

Nagaland sepaktakraw senior team (men & women) Friday left for Kolkata West Bengal to take part in the 32nd Senior National Championship for Men & Women to be held from October 16 to 20. A brief interaction-cum-send off programme...

ISL: FC Goa beat East Bengal 2-1 for 1st win

FC Goa defeated East Bengal 2-1 in the Indian Super League (ISL) at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata on Wednesday. Brandon Fernandes and Edu Bedia after Cleiton Silva’s equaliser to help FC Goa ended their search for...

Vatican City comes to Kolkata for the Pujas

The Vatican with its imposing St. Peter’s Basilica and artistic treasures of medieval Europe has come to Kolkata, as a city-based club created a replica of the famous church complete with statues and frescos to house its Durga idol...

ED recovers Rs 17 cr from Kolkata-based gaming app operator

The Enforcement Directorate on Saturday seized about Rs 17 crore in cash after it raided the promoters of a Kolkata-based mobile gaming app company as part of a money-laundering investigation.A photograph released by the federal agency showed bundles of...

Dauda brace takes Mohammedan SC to semis

Kolkata giants Mohammedan Sporting overwhelmed a young and talented Kerala Blasters side 3-0 in the first quarter-final of the Durand Cup here on Friday.A brace from debutant Nigerian Abiola Dauda (59’ 84’) and a first-half strike by SK Faiaz...

Veteran Bengali actor Pradip Mukherjee dies in Kolkata

Veteran actor of the Bengali silver screen, Pradip Mukherjee, who became legendary after his iconic role of Somnath in Satyajit Ray’s ‘Jana Aranya’, died in a hospital here on Monday. He was 76.He also received critics’ accolades for his...

Subramanian Swamy meets WB CM Mamata in Kolkata

Former BJP MP Subramanian Swamy on Thursday paid a visit to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the state secretariat here and they held a meeting for almost half an hour, a source in the administration said.The source...

Mohammedan SC beat FC Goa 3-1 in Durand Cup

Indian football does not exist on pen and paper but on the field, Mohammedan SC and FC Goa kicked off the 131st Durand Cup at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata on Tuesday.The All Indian Football Federation was...